Packing or shipping box.



J E. GLENNY & w. H. FAIRGHILD.

PACKING 0B. SHIPPING BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED .APR. 23, 1909.

Patented Meir.28,1911.

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\ J; E. GLENNY 6; W. FAIRGHILD.

PACKING 0R SHIPPING BOX.-

APPLIOATION FILED AFR. 2a, 1909.

Patented Mar. 28, 1911.

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' To all whom it concern? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. j

JAIES E GLENNY AND WALTER H. FAIRCHILD, 0F CHIGAGQ, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO THE SEIETON MANUFACTURING 'IION OF INDIANA.

COMPANY, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, A CORPORA- PACKING QR SHIPIING BOX.

Be it known that we, JAMES E. CLENNY and WALTER H. FAIRCHILD, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Packing or Shipping Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to what are generally referred to as packing and shipping boxes made of paper or paper board, and intended for the packaging and shipping of articles, and the object thereof is to provide for a box of this general character a buffer or cushion or series thereof so constructed andarranged in the box as to permit of the safe packing and shipping more particularly of fragile articles,'such as ery, tungsten lamps, etc.

Speaking in general terms, our invention consists in roviding particularly but not necessarily or use between the shell orbody of the box and the article or articles contained therewithin resilient bufiers or cushions preferably made of the same material as the box itself, which inpractice is what is known as double faced corrugated paper board. By properly forming and bending strips of this corrugated board we are enabled to provide eflicient yielding buffers having suflicient spring or resiliency to fully protect the contents of the box against inury from blows or shocks.

Other features of utility and advantage in our bufi'er or cushion and {also new construction of box embodying the same will be apparent from the description hereinafter given.

In the'drawings, Figure 1 is a plan new of a blank from which the body of the box is formed; Fig; 2 a perspective of the box proper formed from the" blank of F1g. 1; Fig. 3 a plan view of a blankfrom which one of the larger resilient bufi'ers 1s formed; Fig. 4 a similar view of a blank for one of the smaller size buffers; Fig. 5- a pers ective of an interior 0 en ended shell re erably but not necessari y used for containing art- 1- cles to be packaged or shipped; Fig. 6 a

Specification of Letters Patent.

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glassware, crock perspective of, a complete" box embodying our lnvention and partially cut away to expose the. interior construction thereof; Fig. 7 a horlzontal section of said box; Fig. 8 a vertical section thereof; Fig. 9 a perspective of one of'the bufiers; and Fig. 10 a view of a modification thereof.

Referring to the present embodiment of our lnvention as illustrated in the drawings, the box proper is formed from any suitable material so far as our invention in its broader aspect is concerned but in the present instance and by preference it is formed from a single piece of paper board, preferably double faced corrugated paper board, which is scored and out in the manner indicated in. Fig. 1, thereby forming the four similar side walls 1 and the similar end flaps or extensions 2. In forming the box as shown in Fig. 2 the outermost end walls are brought together and their edges suitably hinged together as by means of the strip or tape 3. It will be understood that the end flaps 2 of one end of the box which is to form the bottom thereof are folded inwardly and suitably secured and the interiorstrucv ture of the box is then introduced and the articles also introduced, after which the top Patented M r. '28, 1911.

extensionsare folded in proper-manner and secured in such a way as to close and seal the box. This particular construction of box proper, however, it will be understood, is immaterial so. far as our present'invention is concerned and the same is herein-shown as an elficient box construction for the purposes in view.

By preference we employ an open-ended shell of smaller dimensions than the box pro er and consisting of the four side walls 4 hinged together. and preferably made ofv double faced corrugated paper board. Al-

though, if desired, a complete box with top and bottom,,such as one similar to the outer box, might be employed, or if deslred loose pappr boards may be used to close the top or ottom or both of the shell. It is within this shell that the article or articles to be packaged and shippedare placed. This shell is sudiciently smaller in size than the box proper to leave intervening spaces on all sides as well as at top and bottom thereof. In these spaces are introduced what we term buders which may be of any number but which in the present instance are of a num her to completely fill all of said spaces. As herein shown, these buffersare of two different sizes, the larger size being placed in the spaces at the open ends of said shell, but

the construction and arrangement of the bufiers is precisely the same except as to sine. I

The larger sized buders are each formed from the blank'5 illustrated in Fig. 3, which blank is scored in the manner there indicated and is bent so as to assume the form illustrated in Fig. 9, where it is seen that the buder consists of two parallel portions and interposed resilient portions 5*, However, if desired to increase the amount of resilient action, the number of these interposed resilient portions may be increased as made apparent by Fig. 10 where a series of four of such portions 7 is used. along each side of the louder 'l'. The smaller sized buffers are formed from a blank 6 which is similar to the blank 5 but narrower, as indicated in Fig. 5. This blank 6 is scored or creased in the same manner as the other blank so as to form a similar butter. By preference these lenders are made of the same material as the body of the box, that is double faced corrugated paper board, which is found in practice to give sufficient strength and resiliency for the desired purposes. it will, however, be understood that any other material may be used. which when folded in the manner described will exhibit similar qualities.

in practice one end of the box proper which is to constitute the bottom thereof is closed and sealed and two of the larger buffers 5 are introduced into the box and placed upon the bottom thereof, as seen in Fig. 8, these buffers being here shown as of a sufficient size to completely fill the bottom of the box;

that is to say, two of the buffers 5 have the same area as the bottom of the box.' iissuroing that a shell l is employed, the same is now introduced and rested upon the buffers 5 just referred to, whereupon the article or articles to be packaged or shipped are introduced in the shell. Either before or after the l? reduction of the article into the shell a series of the smaller sised lenders 6 are introduced in the'spac'es between the sides of the shell and the box proper, these buffers resting upon the buffers 53 at the bottom of the box. These side buffers, if intended to occupy the entire space between the sides of the shell and the box proper, are of two different widths, as clearly indicated in lhig.

cornea and the other buders 6 which are in vertical position as clearly indicated in Figs. 6 and 8. The extensions or flaps 2 which constitute.

the top of the box are now properly folded and closed. By preference the to V and bottom of thebox are securely scale and the buflers are caused to fit rather closely with respect to each other and with respect also to the other parts of the box structure, with the result that these buders have pneumatic functions inasmuch as a blow or jar against the side of the box is transmitted to the adjacent buffer and as the air therein is practically confined, the force of the blow will be cushioned by the contained air as well as by the resilient action of the buders. The article or articles within the box are thus protected against shock or jar so that the most fragile articles, particularly tungsten lamps, may be safely packagedand shipped. in the case of the more fragile articles, we prefer to interpose between the articles and the box proper a complete envelop to protect the articles in the manner indicated in the drawings, but as will be understood a less number of such buders might be employed for less fragile articles, any suitable means being preferably employed for holding the buffers in place. It will also be understood that it is not necessary to employ the shell 4, in which event the bufiers would be interposed directly between the article and the body of the box.

We claim.

1. A buder for packing or shipping purposes comprising a strip of elastic paper board or the like transversely folded. to form two opposite flat bearing sides and, hinged at opposite edges of said sides, two pairs of inwardly bent leaves hinged together at their edges to form reentrant resilient portions.

2. A louder for packing" or shipping pur-- poses comprising a relatively wide strip of paperboard or the like transversely folded to form two opposite flat bearing sides and, hinged at corresponding edges of said sides,

a series of relatively long leaves inwardly bent from such edges and hinged together in accordion folds to form a resilient portion.

3. A packing or-shipping box comprising a box body and a series of buffers arranged on the inner walls of the box body and be tween it and the goods contained therein, ,each bufi'er consisting of a strip of paper board folded into tubular form and arranged with the ends thereof abutting flat walls so as to act as an air cushion.

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4. A packing or shipping box comprising for resilient action, said bufiers being formed a box body adapted to be sealed so as to be and fitted within the box body so as to be 10 air-tight, and a series of buffers arranged practically air-tight.

on the inner walls of'the box body andbe- JAMES E. GLENNY.

5 tween it and the goods contained-therewith- WALTER H. FAIRCHILD.

in, each buffer consisting of a strip of paper Witnesses: 4 board transversely folded to form a flattened Gno. O. HIoKs,

tube with opposite sides inwardly folded HARRY H. WILSON. 

